A Transmission System Friendly Micro-Grid: Optimising Active Power Losses

Thomas  Krechel; Francisco Sanchez; Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt; Harold R. Chamorro; José Luis Rueda

doi:10.1109/PTC.2019.8810894

A Transmission System Friendly Micro-Grid: Optimising Active Power Losses

Thomas Krechel, Francisco Sanchez, Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt, Harold R. Chamorro, José Luis Rueda

Intelligent Electrical Power Grids

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Abstract

Looking to the future, there are several challenges that electricity networks will face: prosperity, global sustainable growth and security. The electricity industry situation is complex because resources worldwide are becoming scarce and the need for sustainable growth is important. Dealing with this challenge led to the foundation of micro-grids. The classical 'micro-grid' defines a mix of distributed energy resources (DER) capable of providing sufficient and continuous energy to a significant portion of the internal demand. Transmission system friendly micro-grids is a novel concept to encourage the power electronic converters to provide grid services and functionalities in line with new standards such as IEEE 1547- 2018. This paper presents a method for reducing losses by injecting reactive power from the grid-connected DER. The methodology is developed in Python and the system is modelled in DIgSILENT PowerFactory. The paper includes numerical results of the proposed methodology to show the suitability of the proposed concept.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-4722-6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-4723-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PTC.2019.8810894
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech, PowerTech 2019 - Milan, Italy Duration: 23 Jun 2019 → 27 Jun 2019

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Conference	2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech, PowerTech 2019
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	23/06/19 → 27/06/19

Keywords

Grid optimisation
Power losses minimization
Smart converters
Volt-var control

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A Transmission System Friendly Micro-Grid: Optimising Active Power Losses

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